Map of KW17 2ES postcode

General information

Postcode	KW17 2ES
Post Town	Orkney
Nearest station	Thurso (53 km)
Bus stops	Firth Primary School (SW)
Roads in this postcode	A965 A966
Number of UPRNs	28 View
Businesses	ORKNEY MOTORING SCHOOL LIMITED ORKNEY SELECT LIMITED

Geography

	Latitude	59.013636
	Longitude	-3.109729
	Easting	336368
	Northing	1014591
	Grid reference	HY363145
	UTM reference	30V 493698 6541575
	what3words	theme.kitten.apartment
	Plus code	9CFR2V7R+F4
	Altitude	14 metres (47 feet)
	Sunrise (today)	6:30
	Sunset (today)	18:15
	Distance away
	Distance to sea	0.7 KMs (0.4 miles)

Administrative areas

Ward	West Mainland	S13002735
Council Area	Orkney Islands	S12000023
Constituency (2024)	Orkney and Shetland	S14000051
MP	Mr Alistair Carmichael	Liberal Democrat
Police force	Scotland
Water company	Scottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 2	Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1	Scotland
Country	Scotland	S92000003

Data

Date introduced	January 1980
Last updated	February 2025
User type	Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality	Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean

Demographics

Population (2011)	32
Households (2011)	13
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)	4,434 / 6,976 Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urban	Very remote rural area
Census output area (2021)	S00170643
Census output area (2011)	S00125986
Lower layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland - 03	S01011810
Middle layer super output area (2011)	West Mainland	S02002214
Travel to work area	Orkney Islands	S22000035

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